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New Version of Google Patents Launched

Earlier this month, Google launched a new version of its Google Patents search engine. Like the
previous version, the new Google Patents combines patent records from the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
(DPMA), Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), and China's State
Intellectual Property Office (SIPO). What’s different about the new Google
Patents is that it uses a machine classification model to integrate Google
Scholar’s non-patent materials, which are classified under the Cooperative
Patent Classification System. This makes it easier to search for prior art
across a wide range of sources, including books and technical journals. The new
Google Patents also incorporates Google Translate to allow users to search
foreign patent documents using English keywords.

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